Hi fellow monks,
I am a newbie attempting to insert data into a MSSQL Database. I am using the DBI and the DBD::ODBC modules. My inteface design could be wrong. I am using page with text boxes to gather information. I then submit that page to my perl script to interpret and process to the database. How can i use placeholders within my insert statement if my data sources origin is from a post? This is my NOVICE attempt so far. I realise it is wrong, but it might demonstrate my intentions 
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#!/perl/bin/perl.exe  

use strict; 

use CGI;

use DBI;
use DBD::ODBC;

my ( $data_source, $database) = qw( server database user              
+                           password );

$data_source = "DIGGER";
$database = "My Company";


my $conn_string = "driver={SQL Server};Server=$data_source;           
+                  Database=$database";

my $dbh = DBI->connect( "DBI:ODBC:$conn_string" ) or die              
+                $DBI::errstr;

my $query = CGI->new();

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "<html><body>\n";

print "ADD NEW FILM\n";

if ($query->param('FilmName')) {
        my $FilmName = $query->param('FilmName');
        chomp $FilmName;
}

if ($query->param('Price')) {
        my $Price = $query->param('Price');
        chomp $Price;
}


my $sth = $dbh->do(
         "INSERT INTO tblFilm (Name, Price) VALUES                    
+   ('$FilmName', '$Price')") || print "Can't                    prepa
+re statement: $DBI::errstr";

print "</body></html>\n";

$dbh->disconnect;
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I am wanting to use placeholders (?) to achieve better design. Is there a better design method? When i run this script the variables are not entered into the database.

Thankyou guru's,

edit (broquaint): added formatting

In reply to Insert into MSSQL by Anonymous Monk

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